The flatbed shipping company known as C&K Express was founded in 1985. In December of 1996 Carl Thompson purchased the company and subsequently hired two hardworking and talented individuals – Wally Bunn and Mike Thompson. In the spring of 2003 Carl Thompson sold C&K Express to Wally Bunn and Mike Thompson who remain the present day owners. Mike Thompson and Wally Bunn also own and operate FlatdeckFreight.com.

FlatdeckFreight.com is the newly launched brokerage division of C&K Express.